The Frog has joined the Tiger Cub Scouts, which he loves. He just earned his Bobcat badge and really liked touring the local firehouse. He loves to read picture books out loud to himself every night. His favorite things to do are put together large lego sets at Gampie's house and play Minecraft :)
Peach got glasses! She looks adorable and sees better too :) She loves playing pretend and incorporating characters from the latest books we are reading into her play (right now, Pippi Longstocking). Lately, she loves to show off her dance moves to whoever will watch- particularly ballet and Irish step-dancing.
Hazel really wants to be a part of all the homeschooling and requests that we teach her the alphabet (which she almost knows completely now). She also brings me my phone to punch in the code so she can "do game". She knows how to navigate my phone and find all the activities she likes on it by herself! She especially likes watching home movies (particularly of herself).
Jay has had long days this semester with a late-night class twice a week, but next semester he should be home more, for which we are all grateful. He loves the students and the beautiful Vassar campus. (our photos below were taken there) He is a programming monkey and has been doing some fun, innovative stuff, particularly with music: he wrote an 80s style synthesizer, and a program that writes musical scores. Every time I turn around, it seems like he's proved a new theorem. We are all very proud of him and how hard he works for our family. I am especially grateful for how much cleaning slack he has taken over with my lack of time due to homeschooling.
Aside from school for the kids, I have been keeping busy playing the piano for the ward choir, and the primary, and helping out in the Relief Society here in our new ward. I'm feeling blessed to have nice neighbors with kids similar ages to our own.
Moving has been a big adjustment for everyone, but I feel so blessed that the children have adjusted better than I expected. It has been hard, but already I have learned a lot and grown from the difficulties. Since we are renting, we know moving is eminent and I feel it will be much easier next time.
We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
